Dundee Methodist Church

30 October 2005

We give the assurance of our thoughts and prayers to all who are unwell, awaiting or undergoing treatment, or anxious or grieving for the loss of loved ones.

Conference in Edinburgh 2006 : “Our Methodist Identity”

Rev Angy Long (Glasgow Circuit) is inviting us to take the opportunity of co-hosting Conference next year to reflect on what it means to be Methodists in Scotland. She has prepared a (simple) questionnaire and would appreciate as many returns as possible. Copies are being distributed today - please take & complete as best you can, then return via the box on the Vestibule table (in a sealed envelope if you wish) or post direct to Angy if you prefer. Thanks!!

Link Club - Volunteer Minibus Escort

The Link Club urgently needs to recruit a minibus escort for the Wednesday morning session of the Club. We cannot run the bus without an escort who accompanies the driver around the city, collecting Club members, bringing them to Marketgait, and then taking them home at lunchtime. This is an important and enjoyable role within the Club - can you help us or do you know someone who might be interested? More information from Lorna, or speak to any Club helper.

Pastoral Committee

At the meeting on Wednesday, members

  • undertook the Annual Reading of the Membership List
  • agreed the figures for return on the Annual Schedule at 1.11.06 : membership total is 85 (as last year)
  • gave thought to material for possible use in a “small group”, noting copies of the 'Time to Talk of God' report have been ordered on a Circuit basis
  • Jenny will attend the Training Day on November 12th in Dunblane
  • agreed next meeting on Wednesday 19th April 2006

Prayer Handbook

Copies of this year's handbook, “Pray Without Ceasing” are here today - price £1.95 - please see Kehinde or Remi.

International Bible Reading Association

Bible reading material, including Daily Notes, for next year can be ordered through Jean.

Proposed Fair Trade Event

Please note that the event proposed by the Service & Mission Committee for November 12th has been postponed, as it would have clashed with other events.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Sunday 30th October, 2 pm Meadowside St Paul’s (map) Christmas Lights Choir rehearsal
Tuesday 1st November, 7.30 pm Dundee Methodist Church, “L” Circuit Safeguarding group
Wednesday 2nd November, 7.30 pm Dundee Methodist Church, “L” Worship Group. ALL are invited to the open meeting on Wednesday at 7.30 pm when thought will be given to our marking of Advent and Christmas, as well as other worship-related matters. Comments, etc, to 'tricia.
Wednesday 2nd November, 7 pm Choir Room of St Luke's & Queen Street Church Hall, Broughty Ferry (map) Broughty Ferry Churches Prayer Group. A warm welcome is given to anyone wishing to join this ecumenical gathering.
Saturday 5th November, all day Dundee Methodist Church Amnesty International
Saturday 5th November, 11 am - 3.30 pm Dunblane District Policy Committee

Support other Organisations

Traidcraft

Copies of the autumn catalogue, including Christmas cards as well as goods, are now available on the Vestibule table. Please place orders through Margaret.

Scottish Bible Society

  • Our support is invited in November for work in Panama where major social problems have promoted the Government to resolve that moral values be part of the schools curriculum, resulting in a high demand for Bibles. See library noticeboard for more details.
  • “Unfinished Business in Malawi” is the theme for the SBS appeal. Malawi is the third poorest country in Africa and the tenth poorest in the world - it is estimated that over 1 million people in Malawi are living with HIV/AIDS. See library noticeboard.
  • Prayerful attention is drawn this week to
    • Marking of “Bible Sunday” today
    • Recording of the Bible in contemporary Spanish in Colombia
    • Completion of the Quichua: Chimborazo translation of the Bible in Ecuador
    • Growth of Bible Society work in Venezuela, especially among Roman Catholic churches

“Children Today”

A copy of the latest issue from NCH is on the upstairs table: borrow, read, return!

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Saturday 12th November, 11 am to 3.30 pm Dunblane Cathedral Halls www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk ( map ) “Leading Small Groups”. Current and potential leaders of “small groups” are invited to meet together to learn and share - lunch & travel costs provided. If you would like to go, please contact Margaret Brown as soon as possible in the District Office - 01786 820295; meth@scottishchurcheshouse.org. (If you would like company, Jenny is planning to be there!)
Saturday 12th November, 10 am to 4 pm Newport Parish Church Hall (map) Fair Trade Market in aid of the Malawi Project (a special appeal to provide a well in a village). There will be stalls from development and justice agencies, crafts and olive oil from Palestine, soup / tea & coffee / home baking. See posters.
Saturday 26th November, 7.30 pm to 11 pm St Aidan's Halls, Brook Street, Broughty Ferry (map) Broughty Ferry Churches Ceilidh. Tickets (£5) are now available from Jenny & David. A stovie supper will be provided - “feel free to bring a bottle”. There will be dancing, other music, chance to mix and meet - all welcome.

Prayer Points for this week

  • Pray Without Ceasing focus: Cumbria District;
  • Vice-President of Conference in the London South-West District this weekend;
  • Methodist Art Collection display in Ely Cathedral to 29th November;
  • members of District Policy Committee;
  • Blairgowrie Stewards' Meeting on Thursday;
  • projects and partners in Brazil (Christian Aid);
  • The Leprosy Mission's work in West India - Karnataka, Maharashtra;
  • Bible Society work in China and in Panama;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Austria, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland;
  • we remember fellow Methodists in the Oxford Circuit, including the Westminster Institute (Oxford & Leicester District), and in Peterhead (North of Scotland Mission Circuit).